Tool to decrypt/encrypt like in Gold-Bug automatically. The short story entitled The Gold-Bug from Edgar Allan Poe presents a substitution cipher.
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Gold Bug Cipher
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Gold Bug Encoder
Tool to decrypt/encrypt like in Gold-Bug automatically. The short story entitled The Gold-Bug from Edgar Allan Poe presents a substitution cipher.
Answers to Questions
How to encrypt using Gold-Bug cipher?
Gold bug code encryption uses a mono alphabetical substitution. Each letter corresponds to a symbol according to the conversion table
| A | 5 | B | 2 | C | - | D | † | E | 8 | F | 1 | G | 3 | H | 4 | I | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J | , | K | 7 | L | 0 | M | 9 | N | * | O | ‡ | P | . | Q | $ | R | ( |
| S | ) | T | ; | U | ? | V | ¶ | W | ] | X | ¢ | Y | : | Z | [ |
Example: DCODE is crypted †-‡†8
How to decrypt Gold-Bug cipher?
Goldbug cipher decryption requires to know the alphabet used to cipher for undo the monoalphabetical substitution.
Example: 3‡0† is decrypted GOLD
How to recognize Gold-Bug ciphertext?
The ciphered message contains the characters † or ‡ (dagger and double dagger) and the 8 appears often. The index of coincidence is similar to the language of the plain text.
Any reference to an insect/bug and especially a golden beetle is a clue.
Any mention of Edgar Allan Poe's Extraordinary Stories is also a clue.
What are the variants of the Gold-Bug cipher?
Edgar Allan Poe suggests other alphabets with the same symbols, especially one in a few word on secret writing here (link)
When Gold-Bug have been invented?
Le story has been published in june 1843
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